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an untried servant. On the other hand, there are men who 

 are all that can be desired, but they, as a rule, command 

 high wages and seek situations where they are afforded 

 every opportunity of thoroughly performing their vocation. 

 Should the reader have the good fortune to find a man of 

 this stamp, be fair in his treatment, encourage him with praise 

 when it is deserved, and do not begrudge him the requisites 

 for doing his work nor blame him if the horses, harness and 

 carriage are not cleaned by seven in the morning when he 

 has been kept up until after midnight. 



Owners of experience have found that good foreign ser- 

 vants are better than the democratic born talent, and a tyro 

 will save himself much needless expense and annoyance if he 

 places a highly recommended and trained English servant in 

 charge of what he desires to be a well appointed establish- 

 ment. It is impossible at the present day for the average 

 native stable servant to obtain the training and experience 

 which is necessary in the production of a competent and well 

 educated coachman. The exception to this general rule is in 

 those men whose position is limited to the care of the trotting 

 horse, and in the discharge of these duties a well trained 

 native servant is unexcelled. 



OWNERS AT FAULT. 



In this country, owing to a general ignorance of the qual- 

 ifications required for fulfilling the position of a coachman, 

 servants are employed who have a mere smattering of stable 

 knowledge. The averasfe so-called coachman is a man who 

 has had no training and only sufficient experience to enable 

 him to put the parts of a turn-out together so that it can 

 move. The standard of excellence being so low, men will 



